Curtain-support.



No. 740,684. PATENTED 0G1"; '6, 190a. 0. A. NEEDHAM.

CURTAIN SUPPORT. .APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 26, 1908.

N0 MODEL.

I fivenz'an No. M04384;

UNITED STATES CHARLES A. NEEDHAM, on NEW YORK, N. r, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALFTO ratente October 6, 1903.

"PAT NT OFFICE.

GEORGE NEEDHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 740,684, dated.October 6; 1903.

Application filed January 26, 1903. Serial No. 140,512. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.- Y

Be itknown that I, CHARLES A. NEEDHAM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in curtain-supports, and hasforits object to provide a spring-actuated clasp for clamping th curtainaround its pole.

A further object is to provide a clasp of the above character with anauxiliary curtainsupporting device-such, for instance, as a hookwhichhook may be stamped from the body of the metal which forms the clasp.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 represents a curtain, itspole, and a number of olasps for clamping the curtain around the pole, aportion of the curtain being engaged with one of the auxiliarysupporting devices with which the clasps are provided. Fig. 2 is a viewin perspective of a portion of a curtain-pole with one form of myimproved spring-actuated clasp engaged therewith. Fig. 3 is a similarview showing another form of clasp suitable for supporting an auxiliarycurtain-rod. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a third form of clasp, andFig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the clasps with another form ofhook stamped from the body of the same.

The curtain-pole is denoted by 1, and the curtain herein represented isdenoted by 2 and is shown asbeing hung over the top of the pole. k

A plurality of spring-actuated clasps 3 are fittedto snugly clamp thecurtain 2 around the pole I. These claspsmay be made of the requiredsize and of different forms to suit different requirements. In thepresent instance I have shown the clasps as being formed of spring sheetmetal; the ends of the clasps having a normal tendency to snugly clampthe curtain around the pole.

In thei'orni shown inFig. 4 the clasp is composed of two members 4 and5, hinged together at 6 and provided with a spring 7, arranged to forcethe arms of the clasp into snug engagement with'its pole.

The auxiliary curtain-supporting devices with which the clasps areprovided may be formed in difierent ways. In the form shown in Figs. 1and 2 a hook 8 is formed by stamping the metal from one end of the claspand bend ing it into the required shape. the hook is preferably madesufficiently large to permit the curtain to be draped over thesamewithout catching into the material of the curtain. In Fig. 3 I haveshown the auxiliary curtain-supporting device as formed by bending theend of the clasp itself up into the form of a hook 9, which may be usedboth asa support for an auxiliary curtain-rod 10 and for looping thecurtain over the same. In Fig. 4. I have shown one of the members of theclasp bentup to form-ahook 11. In Fig. 5 I have shown a small hook 12,pressed out from the body of the metal near one end of the clasp, whichhook may be made sulficiently small to be substantially hidden by thematerial of the curtain.

By providing spring-clasps for clamping the curtain around the pole and,providing these clasps with auxiliary curtain-supporting devices I amenabled to drape the curtain in many different ways to produce artisticeffects without the use of additional devices.

It is evident that changes might be resorted to in the form, shape, andsize of the clasp without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly: to thestructure herein set forth; but

What I claim is- 1. A curtain-clasp arranged to clamp the curtain aroundits pole and provided with an outwardly-projected hook serving as anauxiliary curtain-supporting device.

2. A curtain-clasp arranged to clamp the CHARLES A. NEEDHAM.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES,- GEORGE BARRY, .T r.

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